Russian President Vladimir Putin, by telephone today, updated Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan about his visit to Azerbaijan last week.

Putin, in Azerbaijan, said Moscow is trying to facilitate a peace agreement between Yerevan and Baku that will unblock regional transport arteries and demarcate the border.

The two agreed to meet at the soonest opportunity to discuss the Armenia-Russia bilateral agenda.

Putin paid tribute to former Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev, the father of Ilham Aliyev, by laying a wreath at his grave in Baku’s Alley of Honor, a public cemetery and memorial that honors famous Azerbaijanis and people with ties to Azerbaijan.

The Russian leader also laid a wreath at Baku’s Eternal Flame monument (Alley of Martyrs) dedicated to those killed by the Soviet Army during Black January 1990 and in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War of 1988–1994.